Extreme Hauntings: Britain's Most Terrifying Ghosts

by Paul Adams, Eddie Brazil (Contributor), Guy N Smith (Foreword)

The most terrifying British ghosts are brought together in this, a unique and original compilation of spine-chilling true encounters both ancient and modern. Not for the faint of heart, this book contains over thirty compelling experirences that reveal a dark and disturbing reality to the realm of the paranormal - deadly curses and murderous ghosts, violent poltergeists, haunted relics and spirit possession - all unsettling insights into a frightening supernatural world. From the mysterious happenings at Hinton Ampner to the eerie Black Monk of Pontefract, the celebrated Enfield Poltergeist and the sinister power of the Hexham Heads, paranormal historian Paul Adams and writer and photographer Eddie Brazil have opened case files spanning over 250 years, from the eighteenth century to the present day, in order to carry out a detailed and chilling examination of the extreme hauntings of Britain.

Genres: Nonfiction, Paranormal

226 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2013

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Reviews

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good collection of true hauntings, spooks, ghosts and things that go bump in the night. Extreme? not really but good none the less.

[Terri Stokes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sadly I didn’t really find any of these tales extreme or terrifying at all. At the same time I also found the text a little hard to swallow as the front was quite small and there was hardly any paragraphs breaking it up either.
Some of the cases and hauntings that were mentioned, I have heard about before and some that was completely knew to me, so it was those ones which made the book a little more enjoyable to read and learn about.

Like most books on ghosts and hauntings, I’m always disappointed to find that there are hardly ever any reports on hauntings and sightings from further down south of the country. Sure Devon might get a small mention because of the moors, but I find the southwest of England to have plenty of ghostly hauntings and sightings around to be worthy of an entry in a book like this.

[Carole Tyrrell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve always been a fan of true ghost stories and also of one of the co-authors, Eddie Brazil, photographs of haunted sites. So this book almost leapt into my hand.
It’s an entertaining collection of purportedly true tales from around the UK. However, it does feature some of the more familiar and anthologised ones; No 50 Berkeley Square, Borley Rectory, Silent Hitchikers, the Haunted Mummycase in the British Museum and the Enfield Poltergeist. But these are not sensationalised. They are described with accuracy with some new photos to accompany them. Some, like Ardachie Lodge, have an update on what happened afterwards. Its fate was to be blown up by the Army.
There are others though that aren’t so well know. For example, Langenhoe Church in Essex. I had read about its haunting in a few other books but not what happened after its demolition in 1962 and that its graveyward was also reputedly atmospheric to say the least/ Eddie Brazil painted a vivid and uneasy picture of a lonely, isolated hamlet without its church. But they had been left with an overgrown,desolate graveyard with such an ominous atmosphere that he and his wife quickly returned to their car and drove away. The accompanying black and white photo is very atmospheric.
There were others also that I was less familiar with such as the Camberwell Odeon. I remember visiting it when it had become a clothing warehouse and it was a large place. And the walk in Glydwish Woods where they found another walker that they wished they hadn’t encountered…Also the very creepy Stockwell Ghost – brrr!
Definitely not a book to read at night if you don’t want nightmares….
A good read on the subject and illustrated with good black and white photos or line drawings.
However, I’ve always wondered what happens to resident ghosts when the building they’re haunting ceases to be…

[Annabel Burn]

Really well researched. Still sleeping with the light on